National Renewal Alliance

The National Renewal Alliance (ARENA) was a nationalist and conservative political party in Brazil that existed from 1965 to 1979. The party was the official party of the 1964-1985 military government, with several liberal and conservative parties merging together to form the powerful ARENA alliance. The party had no real ideology apart from supporting the military government, and the party governed what was, effectively, a one-party state, essentially ruling by decree and trampling over the rights of the opposition Brazilian Democratic Movement Party and its supporters. In 1979, the Brazilian government allowed for new political parties to form, dissolving ARENA and ending the one-party system.